Mark needed a haircut and found a barbershop here in Türkiye—and let me tell you—if you’re a man and have never had a Turkish haircut, you haven’t lived a full life. This needs to be on your bucket list of experiences. It STARTS with a great haircut and that’s just the beginning. Once your …
Our retired captain has found himself a little side-hustle—it doesn’t pay anything, but it highly amuses the rest of us. Like he does most mornings, Mark hopped onto his paddle board and headed to shore for his daily run. But today, he suddenly found himself running a free shuttle service. The problem starts …
An unfortunate discovery was recently made during one of the many trips we took to the local hardware store on Aegina. Usually we pay in cash but this time we used our credit card which had our name on it. Our new friend Spilos, who runs the store, looked down at the name on …
It’s an early Christmas aboard Bedouin as we unpacked all the stuff Kristy muled over to us from the states. Mark was especially excited to have some new hatches. His ongoing project to freshen the boat up and replace them all is underway. Miraculously, Kris packed them with such expertise that they all arrived in …
We make our own power here on Bedouin and a certain captain doles it out like a controlled substance. He tracks its use and lets us know when we can charge things or not. Today I discovered someone charging an old school notebook which I consider a flagrant abuse of power. And since there’s …
Mark saw these ginormous fenders at the chandlery today and fell instantly in love. Let’s just say it got a tad windy the other day and this may have been what sparked the romance. Last week we had strong winds in the forecast and all the boats were headed to protective bays with a …
Our first overnight passage without crew aboard is in the books. It was a beautiful gentle sail back to Greek waters. 26 hours with just the two of us taking turns on watch. There is nothing like sitting at them helm, wind filling your sails while the earth slowly tucks the sun into bed …
Mark packed his Sailrite sewing machine with us when we left the states to move onto the boat. He had to take it out of its hard case and stuff in precariously into a hard-shell suitcase. This was carted along with another hard-shell case that contained an actual kitchen sink. Both of these treasures we …
A little swimwear conundrum has caused a bit of a crisis onboard Bedouin. I recently noticed that while I’m constantly jumping in the water to cool off all day long, Mark doesn’t seem to use our “backyard pool” as often as I do. When I asked him why, he said he hates his …
It’s always a blast to play games at night out on Bedouin’s cockpit. It’s even more fun to play with our kid’s spouses who had their own way of playing the same games growing up with their families. It always seems the rules we followed were different–apparently, we may not have been good at reading …
